Abyssinian Chronicles.
(London): Picador, (2000). First UK edition, 8vo, (x), 462, (4) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. More
(London): Picador, (2000). First UK edition, 8vo, (x), 462, (4) pp. Inscribed from the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a fine copy. More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition, small 8vo. 317, (1) pp. Recent dark blue full morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt rules and decoration to panels, gilt rules to boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1986. First edition, second issue (with Richard Clay on the copyright page). 8vo. (ii), 206 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Slightly darkened to the ends of the white spine, very good. More
London: Faber and Faber, (2005). First limited edition, no. 690 of 1,000 copies signed by the author. 8vo. (viii), 263, (1) pp. Publisher's green boards, cream lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped, slipcase, gilt lettered and illustrated to one side, with its original cellophane cover opened at..... More
London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 300 pp. Publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettered to the spine with further black lettering and decoration to that and the upper cover, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. 12 plates. Extremities lightly rubbed, endpapers slightly foxed..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1900. First English edition, first issue, 8vo, (viii), 339, (1), 47 advertisement, (1) pp. 12 black and white plates, some light foxing, inscribed from the author on the fly leaf to his agent James B. Pinker. Original pictorial cloth, spine a little darkened with slight rubbing..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Two volumes bound in one. Small 8vo. (iv), 203, (1); (iv), 208 pp. Contemporary black buckram, gilt lettered tan leather spine label. A few trivial blemishes to the covers, very good. More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., (1910). First British edition. 8vo. viii, 307, (1), 31, (1) pp. Publisher's rust-brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, the former with gilt decoration to the lower half as well. Occasional very mild rubbing to the extremities, very good. Edel and Laurence..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Small 8vo, (vi), 214, (2) pp. Later booklabel, superficial cracking to the upper hinge. Original pale orange limp cloth, some mild soiling, very good. Edel & Laurence A20. From the first collected edition of James, the secondary binding. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Small 8vo, (vi), 187, (1) pp. Later booklabel, superficial cracking to the upper hinge. Original pale orange limp cloth, some mild soiling, very good. More
London: Methuen & Co., 1901. First British edition. 8vo. (iv), 316, 47, (1) pp. Publisher's crimson cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, the latter with elaborate blindstamped decoration, the bookplate of a Mary Landon Baker featuring an illustration of a Venetian palazzo to the front pastedown. Mild..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. First English edition, 8vo, (iv), 436, (2 advertisement, 2) pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece, "Presentation Copy" blind stamp to title page, later inscription on paste down. Original dark blue cloth, spine sunned, ends bumped. Edel and Laurence A71b. More
London: Duckworth & Co., 1912. Limited edition, no. 10 of 160 copies, 4to, (xii), 145, (1) pp. 8 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues. Original gilt decorated parchment, t.e.g., some minor soiling, a very good copy. More
Dublin: R. Moncrieffe, 1775. 12mo, (iii)-70 pp, bound without the half title. Later wrappers with a manuscript spine title. One of three Dublin editions published in this year, as well as one Belfast and four London editions. More
New York: Viking Press, (1973). First American edition, 8vo, 183, (5) pp. Signs of a small label having been removed from the fly leaf. Cloth backed patterned boards, d.w., not price clipped, some mild rubbing to edges and one small crease, otherwise very good. More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. Limited edition, one of 750 copies for England and America. 8vo. xii, 115, (1) pp. Publisher's drab boards, black lettered to the spine, early ownership inscription to the front pastedown of what looks to be a Miss Heath Hellyer of Heath House, Lydd, Kent dated 11th..... More
London: J.F. and C. Rivington [et al], 1785. Sixth edition. 4to. (lxxii, 1030; ii, 1088) pp. Contemporary full tan calf, rebacked to style preserving early gilt lettered green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, a prior owner's signature to the front of each volume. Portrait frontispiece. Some sunning to the spines, occasional..... More
[n.p.], 1958. Small 4to, 23, (1) pp. 8 wood engravings. Original green quarter morocco, slight darkening of spine, cloth sides, near fine. A reprint of the life that Johnson produced for his "Lives of the English Poets" series, originally published 1779-80. More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1974. Second edition, 8vo, xxviii, 496 pp. Brief inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine and edges slightly sunned. More
London: Jarrold & Sons, (1904). Third edition, 8vo, xlvi, (ii), 275, (1, 12 advertisement) pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Original gilt titled green cloth, a couple of minor marks otherwise a very good bright copy. More
(Llandysul): Gomer Press, 1976. First edition, 8vo, 144 pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Cloth, d.w. with some mild browning otherwise fine. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1955. Fourth impression, 8vo, (xxii), 224, (2) pp. Frontispiece plus a plate and a map, bookplate of Michael Trevor Williams, designed by Reynolds Stone, to fly leaf, free endpapers with some browning. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine slightly sunned, minor rubbing to extremities and a...... More
London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1903. First edition, 8vo, (vi), 90 pp. Eccentrically inscribed from the author to Edith Evans on both sides of the half title. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of the film director Bryan Forbes. Modern crimson full morocco, a.e.g., gilt bee to the foot of the lower..... More
Dublin: Printed by John Chambers for William Jones, 1795. Ten volumes. Small 8vo. Later red buckram, twin gilt lettered black spine labels. 30 frontispieces and 27 engraved title pages. Occasional dampstaining, slight wear to two spine labels, a decent set overall. Each volume contains four plays, including works by William..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925-86. Eleven volumes, volumes I, II, IV, VIII, X and XI first editions, the others reprints. Some plates and facsimiles, volumes I, II and IV with the bookplate of the poet and critic Vivian de Sola Pinto, some other mostly brief inscriptions to front endpapers..... More